- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- Celebration of Life, Sunrise, August 20, 1952- Sunset January 17, 2015, Alfred Meadows, Saturday, January 24, 2015, Stronghold Christian Church, 724 Rock Chapel Road, Lithonia, Georgia, Dr. Benjamin Gaither, Pastor, Pastor Rosa Grier, Eulogy
- Contributor to Resource:
- African-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington, D.C.). Metro Atlanta Chapter
Wesley Chapel Genealogy Group - Date of Original:
- 2015-01-24
- Subject:
- African American men--Georgia--Lithonia--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Georgia--Lithonia--History--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Georgia--Lithonia---History--20th century
Funeral service--Georgia--Lithonia--History--20th century
Mourning customs--Georgia--Lithonia--History--20th century
African Americans--Georgia--Lithonia--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, Georgia, DeKalb County, Lithonia, 33.71233, -84.10519
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for Alfred Meadows. Birth date: November 7, 1932. Death date: (not recorded). Funeral date: November 9, 1996. Church: Hines Memorial Chapel (Atlanta, Ga.). The Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection is a project of the Digital Library of Georgia in association with the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History as part of Georgia HomePLACE. The project is supported with federal LSTA funds administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Georgia Public Library Service, a unit of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:aarl_afpc_meadowsalred20150124
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_meadowsalred20150124
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
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For I am now ready to be offered and the time ofmy departure is at hand. I have fought a goodfight, I have finished my course, I have finished my course. TIMOTHY 4:6-8
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Was born on August 20, 1952 to the late Buster and Grace Meadows. He attended E.P. Johnson Elementary School and graduated High School from Smith High Class of 1970. Following his graduation, he enlisted in the U.S. Army where he served 2 years. After his
return home, Alfred was employed for 17 years at Siemens in Tucker, GA. He later went on to work with Yellow Freight then to DeKalb County Sanitation where he retired in 2011.
Alfred had a deep love for sports. He was a good athlete in his own right, even playing football and basketball in Europe.
Alfred Loved God and did not mind telling the world about his salvation. He trusted the Lord always through his sickness knowing that this world was not his permanent home. He worked on a building, eternal in Heaven not made by man's hand.
Alfred leaves to cherish is memories his wife, Venus Brown Meadows, High School sweethearts that married April4, 1974. The two shared an adoring and loving relationship for 40 years. His daughter, Tara Stroud; grandson Netori Johnson; brothers, Raymond (Mary), Marvin, and Donald Meadows; sisters, Amanda Holland and Gwendolyn Meadows.
Alfred was preceded in death by his parents, Buster and Grace Meadows; sisters, Grace Chapman, Julia Bailey, Helen Handsford, and Ruby Gasaway; brothers, Buster, Waymond, Robert, and Melvin Meadows and grandson, Deontae Stroud, whom was the love of his life.
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PRELUDE
PROCESSIONAL
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SCRIPTURE Old Testament New Testament
PRAYER
Zedrick Meadows Virgil Brown
TRIBUTE EULOGY ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS RECESSIONAL POSTLUDE
Chantay Frost Pastor Rosa Grier Meadows Mortuary Staff
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Family Burial Plot Greensboro, Georgia
